The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1887-09-15

Minal Huetson Hannah Carney
Will Bell Mrs Jennie GOeWay
On Friday Prof. Ogden received the
following communication of greeting
from the Mitchell people, which was
given an immediate and proper answer:
Mitchell Public Schools, Teachers In
stitute, September 7, 1887. Prof Ogden,
Dawson county teachers we send a
coin county in institute assembled.
Yours for better education. H. L. R1as,
county superintendent; II. f. .Kyate,
Conductor: III. A. Simmons, instructor;
w. A. Wakefield, instructor.
Friday evening Prof. Ogden lectured
at the NJ. f. church upon the subject,
"Books, and how to use them The
building was crowded and all consider
ed themselves highly entertained.
Believing the readers, and especially
those among them who are teachers,
will be interested in short review of
the past weeks work at the Teachers
institute we offer some Of the thoughts
of the different instructors, and trust
they will be read with interest. On the
general subject of teaching, Conductor
Ogden endeavored both theoretically
and practically to answer the very i'm
portant question, "What is teaching?"
In dong this he told of the preparation
of mind and heart which the pupil
must receive; how he must be attracted
and his attention won by familiar con-
versation; how his confidence must be
secured and an appetite for knowledge
created before formal instruction can
commence. Under the topic, selecting
seed, he pointed out the Importance of
adapting all matter to be taught to the
understanding of the child here claim
ing that the mind does not grow by
cramming or by supplying it with
thought food, which is not easily taken
into the mind and digested. Under
planting seed he explained the differ
ence between instruction and drilling,
and said that when the seed is once
well planted it must be let alone to ger
inmate and grow; that constant med
ding annoyed and prevented healthful
termination. He was shown the value
of reviews. Cultivation followed, in
which the Professor discussed him
ORANGES, dangerous habits, correcting
errors, removing excrescences, nour-
ishing, training for special purposes,
developing fiber, that is, the best quail
ties of mind and baly. All this he
claimed was teaching. School organi-
zation, temporary and permanent, in
Guiding examinations, classifying and
arranging programs. School study
came next, and incentives were pre-
sented as good or bad according to
whether they appealed to selfish or be-
neyolent motives. Recitation was shown
to have number of objects and ques-
tioning to be in art. Illustrative les
sons were drawn from language, arith-
metic and physiology and finally an
outline of the study of man as an edu-
cable being was given-his bodily Or
gans and his power of soul, and the i'm
portance Of teachers making a careful
study of these as the basis of all teach
ing. An outline of the entire work was
placed upon the board, and the teachers
were invited to question, criticise and
finally copy.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
opened in the city last Monday morn
ING. The attendance just now is rath-
er light, but before the close Of October
the building will be crowded. The fol
lowing attendance is noted in the diff
ferent departments:
First primary, Miss Mona Miller, So:
second urinary. Mrs. /. III. Russell, 38;
;nfermediate. Miss +. Dalgleish, SO;
grammar and high school, B. III. Per-
kins. principal, assisted by Miss Iona
Druse, 53.
Prof. Perkins, the new principal, will
undoubtedly give better satisfaction
than any of his predecessors. The AD-
yocArE knows whereof 1t speaks and
would like to say . good
word for Prof. Perkins He ID . thor
ouph educator, 8 great worker and one
who commands the immediate love.
and respect Of the pupil The old
CORPS Of assistants was retained, OK
ceptine that Mis- Mona Miller assumes
cb.rce ~ fhe Ant primary and Nias